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About Srisailam Tourism
Located amid the thick and forests of the Nallamalai hills, in the northeastern area of Kurnool District and on the banks of river Krishna, Srisailam is about 232 km from Hyderabad. It is a unique combination of forest sanctuary and pilgrimage town and is a weekend break from Hyderabad.The forests of Srisailam are home to India's
largest tiger reserve. Its temples have heroic legends from the
Mahabharata and Ramayana; sculpted in stone on the walls and the
Mahabharata epic refers to Srisailam
as Sri Parvata or the blessed hill. It is also the site of one of the
12 Jyotirlingams, which are natural stone formations in the shape of a
lingam and dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Overview of the destination Its a great memory - Saileshwaram temple is located in Nallamala forest, 77 kms away from Srisailam in deep forest. The temple is opened yearly
Food, sight-seeing and shopping It is thrilling reaching the temple after walking 6-8 kms in the deep forest in the hills. Frankly, its not a sight seeing area, being
Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc. Its exactly 77kms away from Srisailam. Reaching there is a problem because the temple is open only once yearly. Also, in the deep forest, we
raghava, nandyal | 28th April 2009 Srisailam Its an important one of Shiva's important devotional temples. Jyothirlinga temple located at Kurnool district
